On a Sunday night, only days after Prosser had died, they joined some current players in a spirited pick-up game that lasted until around midnight.
Today about the only bad habit harmless enough to elicit universal laughter - and be assured Mr. McNally does not neglect it - is the spirited picking of one's nose.
Time and again, I was reminded of a spirited local attitude, mixing some of the same phlegmatic sarcasm you pick up in Manchester with a friendliness and open humour too often overlooked.
The Australian broke American and British hearts again in the relay, holding off a spirited charge by the USA, who took silver; the Britons Stephanie Millward, Claire Cashmore, Susannah Rodgers and Louise Watkin picked up bronze.
Near the end of practice, Crawford and Eddy Curry, friends since their days together on the Bulls, engaged in a spirited but friendly discussion about how high Curry's forearms were on a pick he set.
The disc begins with that geographical stretch -- a spirited improvisation on "Folias Criollas," an anonymous work from Peru -- before picking up chronologically.
Inter have won only three of their last ten games domestically, and picked up their first away victory since 3 November in a spirited comeback with Catania at the weekend.
"Unlike the Democrat[ic] party bosses who plan to hand-pick their nominee this month without an open primary election, Republicans in Indiana have participated in a spirited, open, and inclusive primary contest over the last several months," Cornyn said.
A spirited correspondence followed.
Instead, they mounted a spirited defence.
She gives a spirited performance.
